Category: North Bergen News

In this, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Guttenberg Police Department, officers in the tiny town have been busy. Recently, they found themselves face to face with an allegedly drunken and agitated man who allegedly wielded a gas-powered chainsaw in a threatening manner. With guns drawn, they disarmed and arrested him. This happened …

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Years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, victims are still dying – some were emergency responders whose cancer is believed to be related to toxins in the air that day, and others are distraught because their relatives never made it out of the Twin Towers. “They didn’t all die on 9/11,” said Connie Agostini …

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“One quarter mile,” County Executive Tom DeGise told Marilyn Shazor, the regional administrator the Federal Transit Administration (and a Secaucus resident), during a countywide tour of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail Line on Wednesday, Sept 2. He explained that if the existing light rail tracks were extended just a quarter of a mile in Jersey …

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Guttenberg holds 9/11 ceremony and candlelight vigil Residents of the Town of Guttenberg joined with the mayor, Town Council, and public safety department for a 9/11 remembrance ceremony on Friday, Sept. 11. The town paid tribute to all who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The ceremony included a flag …

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Jorge Sanchez, age 21, committed suicide on March 12, 2014. “It was totally unexpected. We saw the signs but really didn’t think it would lead to that,” said his sister, Jeannette. The tragedy was compounded when one of Jorge’s friends came to the wake and later that same night shot himself in front of Palisades …

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For the second year in a row the North Bergen Emergency Relief Program hosted a back-to-school drive, collecting supplies for a month and a half and then distributing them for free last week to residents. “We got almost everything they need, school-wise,” said a very happy Crystal Negroni, “shopping” at the Recreation Center on Sept. …

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Bishop Gaetano “Thomas” Donato, a Jersey City native and the regional bishop of Hudson County, is being remembered as a gentle, soulful man, who helped all, reaching out far beyond his Roman Catholic faithful. Donato, 74, died on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Toms River Memorial Hospital, a longtime friend said, succumbing to pancreatic cancer after …

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Three free Wellness Wednesdays events upcoming at library Three free bilingual events are upcoming at the main library, 8411 Bergenline Ave. from 7 to 8 p.m. on Sept 9, Oct. 14, and Nov. 11. Call (201) 833-3336 to register. On Sept. 9 the library presents “What You Need to Know about Cervical Cancer” with speaker …

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